From 3bada82583d42eaf9a2b6f0d7d0348652eef5e62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lprv <100177227+lprv@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2025 17:22:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [class.temporary] Clean up wording

---
 source/basic.tex | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/basic.tex b/source/basic.tex
index a813f68d9c..95b21de562 100644
--- a/source/basic.tex
+++ b/source/basic.tex
@@ -4756,27 +4756,28 @@
 \end{itemize}
 implementations are permitted
 to create temporary objects
-to hold the function parameter or result object,
+to hold the value of the function parameter or result object,
 as follows:
 \begin{itemize}
 \item
 The first such temporary object
-is constructed from the function argument or return value, respectively.
+is initialized from the function argument or
+the operand of \keyword{return}, respectively.
 \item
 Each successive temporary object
 is initialized from the previous one
 as if by direct-initialization if \tcode{X} is a scalar type,
 otherwise by using an eligible trivial constructor.
 \item
-The function parameter or return object is initialized
-from the final temporary
+The function parameter or result object is initialized
+from the final temporary object
 as if by direct-initialization if \tcode{X} is a scalar type,
 otherwise by using an eligible trivial constructor.
 \end{itemize}
-(In all cases, the eligible constructor is used
+In all cases, the eligible constructor is used
 even if that constructor is inaccessible
 or would not be selected by overload resolution
-to perform a copy or move of the object).
+to perform a copy or move of the object.
 \begin{note}
 This latitude is granted to allow objects
 to be passed to or returned from functions in registers.